Word: jointing
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...House and Senate will meet in what is usually a routine joint session on Jan. 5 or 6 to count the Electoral College vote. If the Florida results are still at issue, an 1887 law permits the House and Senate, by a majority vote in each, to throw out Florida's electors. One reading of the 12th Amendment holds that Gore would then become President: he would have a majority of the remaining electors. But another reading says the election would then be thrown to the House to decide. In that case, each state would cast one vote, determined...
...with that, America reached DefCon 1, with Feeney's finger just above the glowing red button. A state legislature hasn't disregarded its popular vote and sent its own electors to Congress since 1876. But by joint proclamation with state senate president John McKay, Feeney can summon all state legislators to Tallahassee for a special session to do just that, even as early as this week. That could precipitate an almost unimaginable series of constitutional nightmares, from a divided U.S. Congress fighting over what to do with the Florida electors to the U.S. Supreme Court having to choose our next...
...options open, Feeney's focus now is on the lawsuit before the U.S. Supreme Court. He had the legislature hire three constitutional experts, including Harvard's Charles Fried, to argue that the Florida Supreme Court unconstitutionally rewrote Florida law and usurped executive power. He has also set up a joint task force made up of eight Republicans and six Democrats to investigate "voting irregularities" such as the failure to count all overseas military ballots and the differing standards of the manual recounts. But if the U.S. Supreme Court rejects the Bush petition this week, all eyes will be back...
MISSIVES TO MRS. The IRS is sending letters to 2.4 million Americans because the name on their income tax return does not match their Social Security number. Most of the cases involve women who changed their name after marriage and are filing a joint return. If you receive a letter and don't want a personal exemption or the earned-income tax credit withheld next year, start digging for that marriage license or obtain a certified copy from the municipality where you married. Then contact your local Social Security office by calling...
According to Gusmorino, the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trangender and Supporters Association (BGLTSA) will be given $400 for its House outreach and Science Center postering proposal. A joint application from Christian Impact and Cornerstone, a discussion group for Catholic gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students, netted $250, while a submission from BOND was awarded $200, respectively...